人性 rénxìng human nature

HSK 6 — the top of the six old levels: 2,500 new words, 5,000 in all. You read and discuss almost anything. In HSK 3.0, 人性 is in band 7–9. HSK 6 explained

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This word means human nature.

中人性。

You'd say it when a friend tells you a stranger ran after her to return a lost phone. It makes you feel good about people. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

人性 is written in 10 strokes across 2 characters.

人性 — the Chinese character for human nature (rénxìng), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 人性 — human nature

人 — 2 strokes
性 — 8 strokes

Senses

human nature
humanity
human
the totality of human attributes

Characters in 人性

人 rén — person; people
性 xìng — nature; character; property

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Where 人性 lives

HSK 6 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 7–9 Practise Topic: Character Practise Topic: Thinking and knowledge Practise

人性 is pronounced rénxìng and means “human nature”.